Re: [Evolution] Cannot initialize the Evolution shell bug

[Wayne F Davis <wfdavis seas upenn edu>]

> On 14 May 2001 21:27:33 -0400, Wayne F Davis wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running the latest gal, gtkhtml, evolution from anoncvs.  I have
> > orbit-stable-0-5 from anoncvs.
> >
> > When starting evolution, i get a dialog box that says: Cannot initialize
> > the Evolution shell.  If i delete ~/evolution and startup evolution, it
> > says it's my first time running evo and then after a dialog I end up at
> > the same error.  --debug doesn't seem to help.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas on what's going on with this bug?
>
> Tools->Mail Settings->Edit->Special Folders
>
> Point the "Drafts" and "Sent Items" to the folders under Evolution
> for "Drafts" and "Sent Items".

I can't even get to the menus to do that.  How would I do that in the
config files?

> Evo sometimes seems to forget that those folders are there, so you have
> to explicitly tell it where they are.